EANCB Validation: Consolidation of English national law for food safety and food hygiene in The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
Evaluation of the costs and benefits to business for the Food Standard Agency impact assessment: Consolidation of English national law for food safety and food hygiene in The Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
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Regulatory proposals are accompanied by an impact assessment (IA), which assesses and estimates the likely costs and benefits, as well as presenting the associated risks, of a regulatory proposal that has an impact on business, civil society organisations, the public sector or individuals.
As part of the independent scrutiny of an IA the RPC examines the costs and benefits to business that are included in the IA. These are included in the IA as an estimated equivalent annual net cost to business (EANCB). The EANCB is the annualised net cost (or benefit) of a proposal. Using the EANCB of measures enables a comparison of different policies in a consistent manner so that they can be compared meaningfully. A negative EANCB means the policy is net beneficial to business.
For the purposes of the government鈥檚 One-in, One-out, and subsequent One-in, Two-out, policy there are three classifications of measure. An 鈥業N鈥� is a proposal which imposes a net cost on business. An 鈥極UT鈥� is a proposal which is deregulatory and is net beneficial to business. A 鈥榋ero Net Cost鈥� is a proposal which is regulatory and is net beneficial to business. ..